ue of the
Koh-i-noor." The Fugueer, thinking probably that this appraisement was
somewhat imaginative, subsequently asked Shah Sooja the same question.
The Shah replied that its value was "good fortune; for whoever
possessed it had conquered their enemies."

The Governor-General very respectfully and earnestly trusts that your
Majesty, in your possession of the Koh-i-noor, may ever continue to
realise its value as estimated by Shah Sooja.

He has the honour to subscribe himself, with deep respect, your
Majesty's most obedient, most humble, and most faithful Subject and
Servant,

DALHOUSIE.

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_The Prince Albert to Lord John Russell._

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _18th May 1850._

MY DEAR LORD JOHN,--I return you the enclosed letters which forbode
a new storm, this time coming from Russia.[14] I confess I do not
understand that part of the quarrel, but one conviction grows stronger
and stronger with the Queen and myself (if it is possible), viz. that
Lord Palmerston is bringing the whole of the hatred which is borne to
him--I don't mean here to investigate whether justly or unjustly--by
all the Governments of Europe upon England, and that the country
runs serious danger of having to pay for the consequences. We cannot
reproach ourselves with having neglected warning and entreaties, but
the Queen may feel that her duty demands her not to be content with
mere warning without any effect, and that for the sake of one man the
welfare of the country must not be exposed....

ALBERT.

[Footnote 14: Russia as well as France had been appealed to by
Greece against the pressure brought to bear upon her. On the
18th of April a Convention was signed in London disposing of
the whole dispute, and referring Don Pacifico's claims
against Portugal to arbitration. Lord Palmerston was remiss in
communicating the progress of those negotiations to Mr Wyse,
who persisted in his coercive measures, disregarding the
intelligence on the subject he received from Baron Gros, and
Greece accordingly submitted to his terms. France and Russia
were incensed, the French Ambassador was recalled, and on the
18th of May Baron Brunnow intimated the imminence of similar
action by the Czar.]

_Lord John Russell to the Prince Albert._

PEMBROKE LODGE, _18th May 1850._

SIR,--I feel very strongly that the Queen ought not to be exposed to
the enmity of A